# How would you rewrite this sentence?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607 "2020-08-08T20:36:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607/21 "2020-08-09T00:54:41Z")

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I say don’t overthink it and leave the statement as it is. If there are those that don’t like it well, they can GFT.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607/22 "2020-08-09T09:09:33Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
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> The health and safety of us all is paramount, and while we still have that we are truly fortunate.

If you are worried over whether the verb should be “is” or “are”, then also worry over if “while we still have that” should be “while we still have those”.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607/23 "2020-08-09T10:54:32Z")

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Health. Safety. Paramount.

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**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607/24 "2020-08-09T17:27:33Z")

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Health good. Safety good. Ogg afraid of fire.

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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607/25 "2020-08-10T01:04:18Z")

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skip the overly wordy paragraph and use this

> [@Wheelz](#):
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> “I know it sucks, but we all gotta stay safe.”

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rewrite-this-sentence/917607/26 "2020-08-11T13:15:37Z")

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“As you value your life or your reason stay away from the moor”.

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